I know what you’re thinking — ”Another North Korea summit? But wasn’t the great dealmaker in chief supposed to have solved everything with the last one?” I mean, sure. He was. Kind of. But...
Long hailed as France’s most famous – and controversial – public intellectual, Bernard-Henri Lévy has been making waves through his writing and speaking (and outsized personality) since his...
Welcome back to our weekly reading roundup. Before you see what we’re loving elsewhere, don’t miss E. Young's review of Orfeu negro. As long as you’re here, why not subscribe to the Global...
Four years ago, three British schoolgirls left the country and made their way to Syria to support the so-called Islamic State (aka IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh). Aged just 15, they had each been groomed...
Almost four years ago I moved to London, filled with excitement of living in one of the most electrifying cities in the world. I was eighteen, just starting university and filled to the brim with...
Well, if your Black History (Awareness) Month hasn’t been poppin’ so far, maybe you need a little bossa nova. I want to widen the scope a little outside of America and take in one of my favorite...
Bill Maher is one of those entertainment figures who seems able to sidestep any controversy. His random drop of the n-word last year interviewing Nebraskan Senator Ben Sasse, for instance, would have...
Welcome back to our weekly reading roundup. Before you see what we’re loving elsewhere, don’t miss Landon Wright on the XFL and its ties to the rise of Trump. As long as you’re here, why not...
Katie Price, a British celebrity, has made the news this week as she has come out and admitted that she is struggling to care for her disabled son Harvey. As he ages, he is more difficult to deal...
When Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran after 15 years of exile forty years ago this month, he rode high on the slogan: “Neither East, nor West – but the Islamic Republic!” Khomeini...